Transcribed from the Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra,
from vocals by Lena Horne, recorded September 16, 1941.
From Lena
Horne, L'Art Vocal, vol. 11. La Selection1935-1941; DK 025.
Alone from night to night, you'll find me,
Too weak to break the chains that bind me,
I need no shackles to remind me,
I'm just a prisoner of love.
For one command I stand in wait now,
From one who's master of my fate now,
I can't escape; it's much too late now,
I'm just a prisoner of love.
What's the good of my caring, if someone is sharing those
arms with me?
Although he has another, I can't have another, for I'm
not free!
He's in my dreams, awake or sleeping,
Upon my knees to him I'm creeping,
My very soul is in his keeping,
I'm just a prisoner of love.
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